Rick C. Beck (born June 15, 1956) is an American politician and engineer serving as a member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

from the 65th district. Elected in November 2014, he assumed office on January 12, 2015.

Early life and education

Beck was born in

Little Rock, Arkansas ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

, and raised in Center Ridge, Arkansas. Beck studied engineering at the

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

for one year before earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from the

University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas (Central Arkansas or UCA) is a public university in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1907 as the Arkansas State Normal School, the university is one of the oldest in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As the state's only ...

in 1989.

Career

From 1984 to 1985, Beck worked as an electrical engineer at

Tyson Foods Tyson Foods, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second-largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork after JBS S.A. It annually ...

. From 1989 to 2021, he was an electrical engineer at

Kimberly-Clark Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimberly-Clark brand ...

. He also owned Rossi Electric and was an adjunct professor at the

University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) is public community college in Morrilton, Arkansas. It is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. History The 1961 Arkansas General Assembly established Petit Jean Vo-Tech ...

. He was elected to the

in November 2014 and assumed office on January 12, 2015. Since 2019, he has served as chair of the Joint Energy Committee.

References

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